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Chief Rodney Harrison never thought he would be a police officer
Chief Rodney Harrison
He made history as the NYPD s first African-American Chief of Detectives, and was recently promoted to the top uniformed position - Chief of Department.
NEW YORK - He made history as the NYPD s first African-American Chief of Detectives and was recently promoted to the top uniformed position - Chief of Department. Now, less than 2 months in that role, Chief Rodney Harrison reveals why initially he never wanted to be a police officer.
Chief Harrison says, Unfortunately I had negative experiences with law enforcement, growing up in Jamaica, Queens, and everything wasn t in Queens, some incidents happened in other parts of the city. and it kind of deterred me from even coming into this profession.